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Chinese symbol for “premarital”

婚前
hūn qián
premarital; prenuptial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for premarital is 婚前 (hūn qián), defined as: premarital; prenuptial.

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Characters and stroke order

婚 hūn
to get married; marriage, wedding
radical 38 ⼥ · 11 strokes
前 qián
in front, forward; former, preceding
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 婚前.

WordPinyinMeaning
结婚 (結婚)jié hūnto marry; to get married
婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony; 桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì)
离婚 (離婚)lí hūnto divorce
婚礼 (婚禮)hūn lǐwedding ceremony; wedding
已婚yǐ hūnmarried
求婚qiú hūnto propose marriage
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to

See also: Japanese symbol for “premarital”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.